New, more realistic multi-hop network testbed

[Aaron Kaplan]

>
> This is mainly an outdoor test with indoor nodes ;-) The idea is be  
> as realistic as possible and try to replicate the actual village  
> environment, only in its worst possible form: Including the high  
> radio noise levels of MIT. We should not enforce connectivity by  
> means of external antennae, but rather experiment with the  
> reachability of the XO as it is, potentially by adding active  
> antennae in between.
>
> Having this testbed in place, we can try a mobility test also, eg.  
> having a mobile phone or an XO "walk" from end to end.
>

makes sense. But I would not be surprised if you need external  
antennas for good thruput. Keep us updated :)

Which reminds me! You do have a radome on the main building, right?  
Is there something with 5Ghz (radar) there?

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